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Which scenario gives you the best chance of survival?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. Flip 5 tails in a row or get your head cut off

  2. Roll snake eyes or eat cyanide for dinner

  3. Roll a 7 twice in a row or be drawn and quartered

  4. Get dealt 2 aces (standard 52 card deck; 2 cards dealt) or jump from the top of the Empire State Building

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Correct Option: A

The number of sides in a hexagon multiplied by the number of sides in a pentagon is LESS than which of the following?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. The atomic number of Manganese

  2. The number of years of marriage marked in a silver wedding anniversary

  3. The number that represents the first point gained in a game of tennis

  4. The number of days and nights rain fell during Noah's flood

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Correct Option: D

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general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. 411.3

  2. 314.1

  3. 141.3

  4. 341.3

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Correct Option: C

Complete the following sentence: "Read every third spot young..."
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. Vagrant

  2. Psycho

  3. Doppelganger

  4. Warrior

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Correct Option: B

My friend Hannah loves her name, and likes to exclaim, "Was it a car or a cat I saw?". What do you suppose her favorite city is?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. Arboles, Colorado

  2. Saxet, Texas

  3. Argonia, Kansas

  4. Cedar Fort, Utah

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Correct Option: B

Assuming the smallest Foor is 5 sefens tall, is it possible that the average height of a group of 7 Foors is less than 10 sefens, if 5 of the Foors are at least 11 sefens tall?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A

If you took The Empire State Building and placed it on its side, approximately how long would it take the average human to walk from the first floor to the roof at an average walking speed?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. 1 minute

  2. 5 minutes

  3. 30 minutes

  4. 2 hours

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Correct Option: B

Start at the second month of the year in the Julian calendar and go backward 4 months. Combine the antepenultimate letter of that month with the ultimate letter of the month during which Daylight Savings Time began in the US prior to 2007. Add to that the antepenultimate letter of the month named for "Venerable Caesar." End with the penultimate letter of the month of the autumnal equinox. The resulting word is:
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. Eukaryota

  2. An unfocused image

  3. A boaster

  4. The fifth color in a rainbow

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Correct Option: D

If you add the number of points awarded for a touchdown in american football to the number of points scored on a behind in australian rules football and subtract the resulting total from the score both players have at Deuce in tennis, what number do you have?
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. The number that is printed on all bottles of Rolling Rock

  2. The number Michael Jordan wore at North Carolina

  3. The number of clubs in a standard deck of playing cards

  4. The number of slots on an American Roulette wheel

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Correct Option: A

The foreman needs to move the ladder. The ladder falls upon the foreman. If you add the two positions in the prior sentences (e.g.,"falls" would equal 10) at which the former use of ladder and the latter use of foreman fall, then count upwards to the first prime number you have:
general knowledge math & puzzles

  1. 31

  2. 29

  3. 13

  4. 23

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Correct Option: D